Producers intend to plant 95.3 million acres of corn in 2026, down three percent from last year. That’s according to the Prospective Plantings Report released by the National Agricultural Statistics Service. Soybean growers intend to plant 84.7 million acres in 2026, up four percent from last year. The report is the first official, survey-based estimates of U.S. farmers’ planting intentions.
Other key findings include all wheat planted area for 2026 will be 43.8 million acres, down three percent from 2025. Winter wheat planted area, at 32.4 million acres, is down two percent from both the previous estimate and last year. The Grain Stocks Report, also released this week, shows an 11 percent increase in U.S. corn stocks from last year, a ten percent jump in soybean stocks over 2025, and all wheat stored totaled five percent more bushels than last year.
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